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form their own freight offices face the probability of be blacked by other clearing houses came at the weekend. Sheerness Hauliers' Association chairn David Murphy warned that this had happened to his association and would happen to others.
"Blacking must come," said Mr Murphy. "No way are the clearing houses going to sit back and watch you taking their work without doing something."
Membership of the SHA had dropped from 31 when the association started operations to 21 now, but Mr Murphy made it clear that the blacking was being overcome and turnover had now reached £11,000 a day.
The meeting had been called by North Humberside Owner Drivers Association chairman George Kelly to get a report on progress in the formation of new owner-driver associations in other areas.
Already the Hull men have opened their own clearing house and Sheerness is operating its own service. Now Bradford is to have its own freight service from March 6. Other centres seem likely to open, including one in the Leicester area, so that owner drivers can find loads at I commission and higher ra in these areas.
North Humberside treasu Harry Boland warned t owner drivers: "You'll ne, make it on your own — bu takes a lot of patience to gE service going."
Leicester owner and dri' Norman Musson addl "You're going to sink on 37( own — not this year or ma3 next, but in five years' ti where are you going to be?'